Champagne Pool - Thermal Wonderland

New Zealand (North Island)

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August 14th 2007
Kia Ora! After a "wonderful" 24 hour journey from Singapore, including a sleepover at Brisbane Airport. Can't say it the greatest nights sleep of our lives, but it was kinda cool to have almost an entire airport lounge to oursleves. We arrived into Auckland full of the joys of Spring, which were quickly dampened by the chills of New Zealand Winter!! I boarded the plane in Singapore wearing shor ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more